Tag: media platforms

• Afrotopia — nataal.com

  August 7, 2022

  In this story from Nataal issue 3, Ekow Eshun, Selly Raby Kane and Sunny Dolat discuss Afrofuturism in fashion “Afrotopia is an active utopia that takes as its task the… more ›

• The war against printing

  August 6, 2022

  ‘The pen is a virgin,’ wrote Filippo de Strata in the late fifteenth century, but ‘the printing press is a whore.’ And that wasn’t the half of it. Born into a wealthy… more ›

• Meta Hires ‘Nope’ Star Keke Palmer to Try to Explain the Metaverse

  August 6, 2022

  Keke Palmer’s next role after starring in Jordan Peele’s sci-fi/Western horror film “Nope”: Hosting Meta’s “Are We There Yet?” — a video series hyping the “boundless possibilities” of the tech… more ›

• Cheatsheet: What you need to know about influencer fraud

  August 6, 2022

  Influencer marketing fraud is a growing problem in an industry valued at over $1 billion. Influencers — essentially social media stars with large followings — are attractive to marketers for the… more ›

• A day in the life of a Chinese robotaxi driver

  August 6, 2022

  When Liu Yang started his current job, he found it hard to go back to driving his own car: “I instinctively went for the passenger seat. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/27/1056472/life-of-chinese-robotaxi-driver/ more ›

• The End of Social Media

  August 5, 2022

  Last week, Meta announced that the Facebook newsfeed would be shifting towards an algorithmic, recommendation-based model of content distribution. Platforms like the massively popular (and still growing) TikTok and YouTube put far… more ›

• The Era of Rebellious Web Design Is Here

  August 5, 2022

  This experimentation comes from seeing the internet as a medium for making (and not just showcasing) art. “I think a lot of the people involved in these sites have a… more ›

• ‘An engine for the imagination’: the rise of AI image generators

  August 4, 2022

  If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. AI-generated artwork is quietly beginning to reshape culture. https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/2/23287173/ai-image-generation-art-midjourney-multiverse-interview-david-holz more ›

• The right to never be forgotten

  July 31, 2022

  Who’s the data controller of the blockchain? Who even owns things like Bitcoin and Ethereum? The short answer is nobody and everybody; everybody in this case is the thousands of… more ›

• Review: Beyoncé’s HOMECOMING Film Is Her Latest Act of Meticulous Archiving

  July 31, 2022

  Beyoncé has an elaborate, painstakingly updated personal archive. Writer Amy Wallace described a “long, narrow room [in Manhattan] that contains the official Beyoncé archive, a temperature-controlled digital-storage facility.” Its contents… more ›